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[Q] [SOLVED] [THEMING HELP] GenieWidget.apk/Power Control Widget

I'm having some problems theming it. I want it to be like the one from BlackMod so I've extracted the one from BlackMod and put it in my theme so it should work now right? But it didn't it just showed the widget but not with the correct bagground etc. Then I took the GenieWidget.apk from the original ROM and themed it plus some pngs that is also in it. Something like this:
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
but it's still not working :/ This is what the widget currently looks like BTW:

bro, did you sign it after you modded it to ur liking? from your first picture i just see the .9 borders, which are not supposed to be there after you run it through a compiler like Eclipse.

opasha said:
bro, did you sign it after you modded it to ur liking? from your first picture i just see the .9 borders, which are not supposed to be there after you run it through a compiler like Eclipse.
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As it is a system apk it does not need to be signed. The borders are because of decompiling and I did recompile again afterwards. Also it does work but it doesn't have the correct layout. That's the issue

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
As it is a system apk it does not need to be signed. The borders are because of decompiling and I did recompile again afterwards. Also it does work but it doesn't have the correct layout. That's the issue
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send me your images that you want for this geniewidget and power control and ill edit and sign it for you and then upload the apk. or if you want, i can create an update.zip like i did for this fellow in the Post Your Home Screen thread. let me know, i'm always happy to help.

opasha said:
send me your images that you want for this geniewidget and power control and ill edit and sign it for you and then upload the apk. or if you want, i can create an update.zip like i did for this fellow in the Post Your Home Screen thread. let me know, i'm always happy to help.
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I appreciate that but that is not the problem. The problem is that I have themed it (all pngs that needs theming) but it still stays as the matte Power Control Widget. I ask because someone might know if there are some other pngs in some other apks or if I have to edit some XML files or something. I have already created 2 themes so I know how it works (signing, update.zip etc.)

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
I appreciate that but that is not the problem. The problem is that I have themed it (all pngs that needs theming) but it still stays as the matte Power Control Widget. I ask because someone might know if there are some other pngs in some other apks or if I have to edit some XML files or something. I have already created 2 themes so I know how it works (signing, update.zip etc.)
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hm, assuming you know that power control widget is in the settings.apk and have edited that, my only other suggestion would be to check the framework because i do not know of any other place where they could be. however, from my experience, i find it always best to edit your apk within your theme (the actual .zip) and then sign that whole .zip if you want to avoid any issues. just my two cents for you. if the xml is stock, there should be no issues as to what is governing the correct .9.png. anyway, good luck .

opasha said:
hm, assuming you know that power control widget is in the settings.apk and have edited that, my only other suggestion would be to check the framework because i do not know of any other place where they could be. however, from my experience, i find it always best to edit your apk within your theme (the actual .zip) and then sign that whole .zip if you want to avoid any issues. just my two cents for you. if the xml is stock, there should be no issues as to what is governing the correct .9.png. anyway, good luck .
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Thanks man! I did not know that (waow that's stupid BTW) that was exactly what I was looking for Will try it and tell you how it works

@opasha
Now that you've helped me once maybe you would know how to make a transparent .9 png (or maybe you could send me one)? I keep getting an alpha error and I really don't know anything about color profiles

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
@opasha
Now that you've helped me once maybe you would know how to make a transparent .9 png (or maybe you could send me one)? I keep getting an alpha error and I really don't know anything about color profiles
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how transparent and for what png exactly? details bro....details....=P

opasha said:
how transparent and for what png exactly? details bro....details....=P
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Hehe it's for the Facebook app I took a themed version for some ROM I can't remember but it wasn't fully themed so I themed the rest myself and of course a lot of the 9 pngs was "broken" from the other themer so I need a totally transparent 9 png for the top thing (appwidget_top_white.9.png). Whenever I do it I just get an alpha error. I've attached the Facebook.apk (the original themed version not the one I themed) if you need more details
Thanks in advance I'll be sure to include you in the release notes hehe

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Hehe it's for the Facebook app I took a themed version for some ROM I can't remember but it wasn't fully themed so I themed the rest myself and of course a lot of the 9 pngs was "broken" from the other themer so I need a totally transparent 9 png for the top thing (appwidget_top_white.9.png). Whenever I do it I just get an alpha error. I've attached the Facebook.apk (the original themed version not the one I themed) if you need more details
Thanks in advance I'll be sure to include you in the release notes hehe
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ok sure no problem man. ive attached a fully transparent .9.png with that name. if you want to use it for other pngs, just make copies of the one i attached and rename it to whatever name you choose. good luck . it's there but you can't see it since it's totally transparent. to download it, just right click in the left corner or a little towards the middle of the left corner until you get the option to save image.

opasha said:
ok sure no problem man. ive attached a fully transparent .9.png with that name. if you want to use it for other pngs, just make copies of the one i attached and rename it to whatever name you choose. good luck . it's there but you can't see it since it's totally transparent. to download it, just right click in the left corner or a little towards the middle of the left corner until you get the option to save image.
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Thanks man! You've been very helpful I'm going to release a new version of my theme now

C0mpu13rFr34k said:
Thanks man! You've been very helpful I'm going to release a new version of my theme now
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no problem dude

[Theme][Flash/Metamorph] HTC-Droid v1.0

HTC-Droid
Comprehensive Flash & MetaMorph Theme
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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Click in the Thumbnail for individual screenshots:
The Theme Flashed as an update.zip using the stock recovery mode or using MetaMorph.
It has been tested on I897UCJF6 and I897UCJH7. I cannot vouch that it will work on any other ROM.
A number of HTC elements have been blended while retaining a Droid “feel”. For example: It retains the android blue highlights vice the HTC Green. There really are too many changes to describe. Give it a try.
If you don’t like it, Return it back to the stock. I’ve included that too.
Note... Stock MetaMorph Revert: Due to Metamorph limitations the battery will remain 1-100%, but it will look stock (original SRE).
The Theme uses a blend of my custom graphics and source graphics from:
EVO 4G (many customized)
SRE 1-100% Battery (fully customized)
Changes are made to:
framework-res.apk
twframework-res.apk
Settings.apk
Email.apk
Gmail.apk
Mms.apk
MediaProvider.apk
Flash Installation Instructions:
Copy “HTC-Droid_v1.0.zip” or “StockJF6-JH7_Revert.zip” to the root of your internal sdcard
Rename to update.zip
Boot into recovery mode
Select "Reinstall Packages"
Wait for your phone to reboot and Enjoy
MetaMorph Installation Instructions:
Make sure you are using the latest version of MetaMorph (1.9.13 or higher).
WARNING: Make sure USB Debugging is enabled in Settings -> Applications -> Development.
Please use the links below on how to MetaMorph
How to MetaMorph/Theme
[MetaMorph] Post your Morphs
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Flash Downloads:
HTC-Droid_v1.0.zip
StockJF6-JH7_Revert.zip
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MetaMorph Downloads:
HTC-Droid_v1.0_MM.zip
StockJF6-JH7_Revert_MM.zip
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Trying this now.

Works, and looks good.
Two problems I spotted...
1) Text in the notifications pulldown is black, not white like in the screenshot, so it's really hard to read.
2) The HTC icons are not showing up in the settings menu.

Thanks for checking it out...
On 1) Bummer... Not sure what to do about that though. The changes are to graphics only. The apk's don't mess with the font. Has your always been black? Mine has always been white.
On 2) I'll double check the apk and make sure I didn't screw something up. Although I swear I checked it.
Thanks Again

Hmm... after deleting user data the text in the notifications drawer is now white like it should be.

gtg465x said:
Hmm... after deleting user data the text in the notifications drawer is now white like it should be.
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Whooops... That will make it hard to read even with stock gray.
I just rechecked both apks. They seems to work good here. Maybe give it a go again?

Peaster111 said:
Whooops... That will make it hard to read even with stock gray.
I just rechecked both apks. They seems to work good here. Maybe give it a go again?
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No, I mean it's fixed now after wiping user data.

gtg465x said:
No, I mean it's fixed now after wiping user data.
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Sorry.. I completely read that wrong... doh Too many beers
good deal!

Two requests. Can we get a metamorph? I'd help you if I knew how, but sadly I do not. A lot of us use cognition, and it doesn't like update.zip themes.
2, can we get some jpgs? Trying to watch that gif is hard! Lol.
Otherwise, I think it's worth a try. Would have liked a semi transparent notification drawer as well though. Minimalistic got me hooked on that.

E_man5112 said:
Two requests. Can we get a metamorph? I'd help you if I knew how, but sadly I do not. A lot of us use cognition, and it doesn't like update.zip themes.
2, can we get some jpgs? Trying to watch that gif is hard! Lol.
Otherwise, I think it's worth a try. Would have liked a semi transparent notification drawer as well though. Minimalistic got me hooked on that.
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I believe I can work up metamorphs. I used to do them, but I think they are a bit of a pain. I understand a cognition deal though. It might be better if I come up with a zip that'll work with clockwork? I'll attempt both.
You got it I'll upload the jpgs. I'd hate to hurt your eyes... LOL

Can we get a new mirror? Files are currently unavailable.

LinuxNewb said:
Can we get a new mirror? Files are currently unavailable.
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I've just check it.. it seems to be working at the moment. Megaupload does that once in a while. Usually if you give it a couple minutes it'll be back. Let me know if you are still having issues. I've added the metamorphs to the post, but the flash versions are too large.
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EDIT: I'm having issues adding attachments for some reason... I'll need to try later. Hopefully its an "XDA system" thing.

Peaster111 said:
I've just check it.. it seems to be working at the moment. Megaupload does that once in a while. Usually if you give it a couple minutes it'll be back. Let me know if you are still having issues. I've added the metamorphs to the post, but the flash versions are too large.
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Nope still unavailable after a few hours.

Not working for me either...

LinuxNewb said:
Nope still unavailable after a few hours.
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That sucks... I'll work on other options, hopefully. I can't host the flash files here and XDA is not cooperating with attachments today for the metamorphs.
Maybe there is something in the air today.

Megauploads is having issues with capacity this afternoon.... hopefully it'll be up later. I don't have another answer at the moment... unless someone can host the files.

Hey I downloaded this morph and it looked pretty sick but then I decided to flash it back to stock. When i did that though, all my settings icons disappeared. Do you know how to get them back?

Change time and notifications color

I'm trying to fully port a full white theme over for the Captivate. I've got the theme working, and all that stuff ported over, the only thing is it's a full white taskbar, and all the type up there is also white. So I can't see the time, anything on the notifications, nothing. I have no idea where to look to get this going, so any help or pointers are very much appreciated. In case you're wondering, the theme I'm attempting to port over is sonnysekhon's Frost theme.

Here is a good place to start learning.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/thebowers/27622-text-color-change-complete-how-do.html

Reefermattness said:
Here is a good place to start learning.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/thebowers/27622-text-color-change-complete-how-do.html
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Thanks, looking into it now, having some trouble with the jar file but I'll see what I can do. I love the way this theme looks, I want it to be usable though! Haha.

rrrrramos said:
Thanks, looking into it now, having some trouble with the jar file but I'll see what I can do. I love the way this theme looks, I want it to be usable though! Haha.
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If you're using a froyo rom the instructions on the link wont work. They show you where to look but the code it looks for is wrong. If you post your "framework-res.apk" and "services.jar" both from your /system/framework/ folder on your phone I can change the color for you.

fritzgerald said:
If you're using a froyo rom the instructions on the link wont work. They show you where to look but the code it looks for is wrong. If you post your "framework-res.apk" and "services.jar" both from your /system/framework/ folder on your phone I can change the color for you.
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Thanks, it should be attached. I appreciate it. I need them changed to black, don't recall if I said that before or not. Thanks again!

I was actually able to get all the notification text changed. Only thing I'm having trouble with now is the clock. I assume that is what is in "services.jar" and I'm having trouble finding the line to edit in the classes.dex :/
My search will continue! And yeah, I'm doing this on a Froyo ROM, Assonance 4.3

rrrrramos said:
I was actually able to get all the notification text changed. Only thing I'm having trouble with now is the clock. I assume that is what is in "services.jar" and I'm having trouble finding the line to edit in the classes.dex :/
My search will continue! And yeah, I'm doing this on a Froyo ROM, Assonance 4.3
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Yeah you're right it's in "services.jar". Open the jar in winrar or 7zip and extract the classes.dex. Use "baksmali.jar" to decompile the dex file. Then open "com\android\server\status\StatusBarIcon.smali". The line you're looking for is in bold...
Code:
.prologue
[SIZE=4][B]const/4 v7, -0x1[/B][/SIZE]
const/4 v8, 0x0
.line 48
invoke-direct {p0}, Ljava/lang/Object;-><init>()V
The stock obviously is for white text... Change this to "const/high16 v7, -0x100" which is black.
Recompile with "smali.jar". Insert back into you're services.jar overwriting the original and push back to your phone. Reboot and you're set.
I attached the modded framework-res.apk and services.jar. Just push back to your /system/framework folder and reboot.

fritzgerald said:
Yeah you're right it's in "services.jar". Open the jar in winrar or 7zip and extract the classes.dex. Use "baksmali.jar" to decompile the dex file. Then open "com\android\server\status\StatusBarIcon.smali". The line you're looking for is in bold...
The stock obviously is for white text... Change this to "const/high16 v7, -0x100" which is black.
Recompile with "smali.jar". Insert back into you're services.jar overwriting the original and push back to your phone. Reboot and you're set.
I attached the modded framework-res.apk and services.jar. Just push back to your /system/framework folder and reboot.
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Thanks again, I tried my hand at compiling the smali editing to see if I could get it to work, as this whole experience has been pretty fun and I might want to have another go at it.
Looks like it took! Looks great, thanks for the help!

rrrrramos said:
Thanks again, I tried my hand at compiling the smali editing to see if I could get it to work, as this whole experience has been pretty fun and I might want to have another go at it.
Looks like it took! Looks great, thanks for the help!
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No problem.

What would the code be for Gingerbreadish green?!

geokhentix said:
What would the code be for Gingerbreadish green?!
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Let me do some research and some trial and error and I'll get it figured out. I'll post as soon as I get it.

fritzgerald said:
Let me do some research and some trial and error and I'll get it figured out. I'll post as soon as I get it.
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How about a CWM version of the android green over black taskbar when its finished. I'm on JK3 but will soon flash to a JPU based rom Di11igafs 3.0..

momulah said:
How about a CWM version of the android green over black taskbar when its finished. I'm on JK3 but will soon flash to a JPU based rom Di11igafs 3.0..
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How's this? Close enough to the Gingerbread green for you? I went with the Gingerbread battery since the circle is going to take a while. The CWM is based off of Perception 8's framework files. Please know what you're flashing before you do it. I am not responsible if you flash this and it bricks your phone.
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Sorry double post.

Thanks but are you gonna still continue trying to with the circle? It needs to be more of a neon looking green/ or brighter. Its fine but the color looks sorta dull. It needs to pop a little bit more but thanks for your effort.

momulah said:
Thanks but are you gonna still continue trying to with the circle? It needs to be more of a neon looking green/ or brighter. Its fine but the color looks sorta dull. It needs to pop a little bit more but thanks for your effort.
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Yeah. I have to rebuild the circle from scratch though so I through that one out for now. I pulled the clock color directly from the gingerbread battery but you're right it does look off when applied. I'm gonna play with it some more to try and get the color right.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Fritz i sent you a PM, i'd gladly donate for the help.

Well this thread has kinda taken a turn, but for those interested, I've gotten permission to port this theme to the Galaxy S and have a couple more things I need to fix up before I put it up. I will try to get to them by tonight, but might not be till tomorrow.
Here is the preview used in the original thread:

^^ wow that looks great! Hope it works with axura

Nickel Dime Bay said:
^^ wow that looks great! Hope it works with axura
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I'm working on it on Assonance 4.3, not sure if that means anything as far as it working for Axura.

[Mod] Services.jar for Transparent Pulldown [Tutorial]

Alright Back into the theme-ing game....
Sorry no noob instructions...for advanced themers!
Insructions:
In StatusBarService.smali
Search:
Code:
.line 2418
const/4 v5, 0x2
Change to
Code:
.line 2418
const/4 v5, -0x3
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Thanks to Xeudoxus for originally showing me the mod!
Attached below is a modded framework and services.jar you can push to /system/framework/ if you're running adrynalyne's debloat. Please back-up prior to pushing!! If applied with any other services.jar mods they will cancel the mod.
Please Refer to bgill55's Thread for the Remove the GPS locator icon from the status bar/added trans pull down mod
and a big thank you to him for combining them so quickly!
THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE! GREAT TO SEE A LOT OF YOU AGAIN!
Sorry no theme requests yet....Got A LOT PLANNED!!!!!

Ok so if we applied the GPS cross hair removal .zip and want this also. We'll need to mod the Services.jar to include both changes?

760hacker said:
Ok so if we applied the GPS cross hair removal .zip and want this also. We'll need to mod the Services.jar to include both changes?
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no they will cancel out...working on combining them...just wanted to get the instructions out!

I was just gonna suggest one without location icon also. Glad to hear it's coming. Have enjoyed some of your work elswhere SoCal! Any plan to ditch the recent apps for some toggles? Those are the only 3 mods I really need for my framework. Any others would just be changing icons which I could swap in myself.
Thanks for the work!

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I was just gonna suggest one without location icon also. Glad to hear it's coming. Have enjoyed some of your work elswhere SoCal! Any plan to ditch the recent apps for some toggles? Those are the only 3 mods I really need for my framework. Any others would just be changing icons which I could swap in myself.
Thanks for the work!
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updated op with link to both mods

this requires deodexing, right?
what's a good place to read up on how to do that?

hxxp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20148716/Basic_Debloated_Adryn-transparent-flying-circlebatt.zip
hxxp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20148716/Basic_Debloated_Adryn-transparent-flying-circlebatt-nogps.zip
Mod for adrynalyne's basic thunderbolt debloat ROM.
1) transparent pull down
2) HoneyComb battery
3) flying windows animations.
4) No GPS Icon (second download only)
I take no credit or responsibility for this, I just patched it together cuz I like these mods ^^
Thanks to SoCal miles for the services.jar, bgill55 for the nogps services.jar+edify script and hxxp://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/ for modifying the framework-res.apk ^^

Insertnamehere12 said:
hxxp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20148716/Basic_Debloated_Adryn-transparent-flying-circlebatt.zip
hxxp://dl.dropbox.com/u/20148716/Basic_Debloated_Adryn-transparent-flying-circlebatt-nogps.zip
Mod for adrynalyne's basic thunderbolt debloat ROM.
1) transparent pull down
2) HoneyComb battery
3) flying windows animations.
4) No GPS Icon (second download only)
I take no credit or responsibility for this, I just patched it together cuz I like these mods ^^
Thanks to SoCal miles for the services.jar, bgill55 for the nogps services.jar+edify script and hxxp://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen/ for modifying the framework-res.apk ^^
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Is the 2nd link supposed to be almost a 3mb download? seems fishy.

froader said:
Is the 2nd link supposed to be almost a 3mb download? seems fishy.
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Contains only a modded services.jar and framework-res.apk and is not flashable. I didn't intend for this to be used as an everyday theme mod. Just info for the community. There are more practical theme options popping up in other threads. Nothing fishy with me bro...

Okay I'm running stock Rom rooted can I use this been looking for,this and is this something that can be flashed via clock work recovery?
Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt 4g using XDA-Premium App

SoCalMiles said:
Contains only a modded services.jar and framework-res.apk and is not flashable. I didn't intend for this to be used as an everyday theme mod. Just info for the community. There are more practical theme options popping up in other threads. Nothing fishy with me bro...
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I wasn't aiming towards you, but the post that I quoted.
I went to DL from his link and checked the services.jar ZIPs that I already had and noticed a huge size difference. Stupid me, I didn't even see what you had posted, which was about the same size anyway. So, I thought the worst and asked a question, because the poster had a very low post count.
Anyway, thanks to both of you guys, I ended upflashing the 2nd zip from a few posts above and it looks great and does just what is says. I am not sure what the animated windows are yet. I haven't seen much of a difference with animations yet. Sorry for the judgement, just being safe...
I appreciate the work! THANKS!

froader said:
I wasn't aiming towards you, but the post that I quoted.
I went to DL from his link and checked the services.jar ZIPs that I already had and noticed a huge size difference. Stupid me, I didn't even see what you had posted, which was about the same size anyway. So, I thought the worst and asked a question, because the poster had a very low post count.
Anyway, thanks to both of you guys, I ended upflashing the 2nd zip from a few posts above and it looks great and does just what is says. I am not sure what the animated windows are yet. I haven't seen much of a difference with animations yet. Sorry for the judgement, just being safe...
I appreciate the work! THANKS!
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+1 to playing safe...nothing wrong with that...glad you enjoy...much more to come!

SoCalMiles said:
+1 to playing safe...nothing wrong with that...glad you enjoy...much more to come!
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Yep, thanks! Looking forward to it.
I am Miles also, haha, from Enc.

my little contribution to this.....if you want to add transparent background to the carrier header in the pull down menu.... unzip this file and put the xml in your framework-res.apk/res/layout-hdpi folder

[MOD] (Semi-)Transparent status bar for CM7 (only 2.3.7)

As the Mod from this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12815653) to make the statusbar transparent in CM7 is outdated, and users kept asking for an update, I decided to make it
VERY important: not all launchers handle this mod the same way!
In order to make it work, please note that:
ADWLauncher: works after unchecking "System Preferences" > "Wallpaper hack";
LauncherPro: works only with live wallpapers or with normal wallpapers, but you have to hide notification bar on "Appearance Settings" in LauncherPro.
Stock GB launcher: works, no issues.
Go Launcher EX: as LauncherPro users.​
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Transparency 100%
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The flashable zip files are attached to this post.

i think its only for Desire???
i have MiniCM7-2.1.4 [8/11/11]Gingerbread 2.3.7/CM7.1 unofficial port for the x10mini
i think it is not compatible with my x10 mini :-( ???

Yes, it's only for the Desire HD.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App

Hey sigurd_LU, any chance of making a 20% transparency mod?
Thanks!

Very kind of you to update this for all the plebs!
I can't get it to work with BlackIce 1.23 and Go Launcher though, unfortunately. It gives me a force-close every time.
By the way, Go launcher's menu selections are not the same as LauncherPro's...

jibust said:
Hey sigurd_LU, any chance of making a 20% transparency mod?
Thanks!
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I'll add it. (Edit: done!)
jibust said:
I can't get it to work with BlackIce 1.23 and Go Launcher though, unfortunately. It gives me a force-close every time.
By the way, Go launcher's menu selections are not the same as LauncherPro's...
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I think although BlackIce is based on CM, the differences are big and this mod isn't compatible. Even if it wouldn't force-close: this replaces the whole SystemUI.apk which contains the status bar icons for example, so the whole BlackIce look would be changed as well.

BenRoark said:
Very kind of you to update this for all the plebs!
I can't get it to work with BlackIce 1.23 and Go Launcher though, unfortunately. It gives me a force-close every time.
By the way, Go launcher's menu selections are not the same as LauncherPro's...
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Same here on lastest cyanogen ace nightly.
with friendly greet
starbase64

starbase64 said:
Same here on lastest cyanogen ace nightly.
with friendly greet
starbase64
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Hm.. I used CM 7.1.0 as the base, looks like they changed something in the newest nightlies that conflicts with this mod.

Thx for this.
Flashed it (100% Transparency) via CWM and it work`s instant.
DHD - CM7 Stable - ADW Launcher EX, no config changes need.

sigurd_LU said:
I think although BlackIce is based on CM, the differences are big and this mod isn't compatible. Even if it wouldn't force-close: this replaces the whole SystemUI.apk which contains the status bar icons for example, so the whole BlackIce look would be changed as well.
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Yeah, that's fair enough mate.
Thanks for the info!

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I'll add it. (Edit: done!)
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Thanks man. Great job!

Umm, could you maybe give a few hints about how one has to do it, please? I'd like to try to get it on my SGS2. Thank you in advance!
edit: I mean, how do I have to modify *my* SystemUI.apk?

Thanks for the update. Nice work.
Sent from my Motorola Startac running Atari 2600 software!

Boal said:
Umm, could you maybe give a few hints about how one has to do it, please? I'd like to try to get it on my SGS2. Thank you in advance!
edit: I mean, how do I have to modify *my* SystemUI.apk?
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I don't know if it's exactly the same for your SystemUI, but here's how I've done it.
After decompiling the SystemUI.apk, go to smali\com\android\systemui\statusbar and open StatusBarService.smali with a text editor, for example Notepad++. Don't use the windows editor, it has problems with unix!
Search for const/4 v5, 0x2 and change it to const/4 v5, -0x3.
Then, go to res\drawable-hdpi and search for the following file: statusbar_background.9.png and edit it with Paint.NET, Photoshop or another programm that can handle transparency.
Here's for example my png for 50% transparency:
It looks solid here, but it's transparent, as you can see here:
Recompile afterwards, and you're done

Thanks, I'll try to do that this afternoon! I'll post back if it works.
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Ok, the good news is it doesn't FC, but it's not transparent either. Sadly :-( If you have any more ideas, I'm all ears.
Well, either way, thank you very much for your time.

What launcher are you using? Maybe you forgot the specific settings, as stated in the first post.

Nah, I double checked with several launchers (ADW, Go, LauncherPro). :-/
Here's a quick screenshot of the edits:
The edge of the .png looked a little different from yours, if you are wondering why it's not identical to yours. I'm really confused that it doesn't do *anything* at all.

Your edits look good to me.
Maybe something went wrong while flashing..?

I did it manually, once over adb and once over ssh. Android is definitely using the modified file, the old one is in the same folder as SystemUI.apk.old and has a slightly different size. I'm on CM7.1 nightly (2.3.7), would that be a problem? There's (afaik) no stable for the SGS2 yet.
Maybe I did the (de)compiling wrong? Put SystemUI.apk in the appropriate folder, start batch script, select decompile. Go to extracted files and edit as seen above. Then restart the batch script and recompile. Say yes to "system apk?" and yes to "copy back as much as possible?" (or whatever it asked exactly, it certainly asked two things and I said yes to both^^).

Boal said:
Maybe I did the (de)compiling wrong? Put SystemUI.apk in the appropriate folder, start batch script, select decompile. Go to extracted files and edit as seen above. Then restart the batch script and recompile. Say yes to "system apk?" and yes to "copy back as much as possible?" (or whatever it asked exactly, it certainly asked two things and I said yes to both^^).
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This could be the problem! Say yes to the first question and no when it asks to copy over old files.
Hopefully it'll work now.